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Chalcopyrite from
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:126754
Long-form Identifier:1:3:126754:9
GUID (UUID V4):2ebebf15-3e66-4eb9-a1eb-383a730fc37e
Localities for Chalcopyrite in this Region
Fallon Brothers Quarry (Quincy Quarry; Ballou Quarry; Old Colony Crushed Stone Company Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
1.8km (1.1 miles) Fallon Brothers Quarry (Quincy Quarry; Ballou Quarry; Old Colony Crushed Stone Company Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) West Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
16.5km (10.3 miles) Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
27.1km (16.9 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (Lynn Sand and Stone Co. Quarry; Bardon Trimount Quarry; Hume Quarry), Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
27.2km (16.9 miles) Blueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
28.6km (17.8 miles) Nanny Goat Hill, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
32.9km (20.4 miles) North Woburn, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
36.9km (22.9 miles) Lorusso Wrentham Quarry, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
39.3km (24.4 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (Bayer-Mingolla Quarry; Trimount Quarry), Ashland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
40.3km (25.0 miles) Governor Endicott mine (Towne's Copper Mine), Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
so-called Pennsylvanian basins of southeastern Massachusetts. Three papers deal with the geology of alkali...alkali plutonic-volcanic areas in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. High-grade and low-grade (prehnite-pumpellyite)...(prehnite-pumpellyite) metamorphism in Massachusetts and Maine, respectively, are the subjects of two of the papers...and the geology of the Ayer Granodiorite of Massachusetts. JOHN R,. GRIFELN STUDIES IN NEW ENGLAND...Brownlow V1 Vil iX Part I. Geology of eastern Massachusetts INaTOROVGNNE TON “5. B bo 8 OR Bo ee ek 5 ee
Book
MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust
Journal (issue)
Summit County (Eckel et al., 1997): 1. “Pyromorphite, galena, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite, and...tetrahedrite-tennantite, galena, pyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, quartz, and carbonate[s].” (These are all ...flat-topped mountain on the eastern side of Summit County, in the Montezuma Mining District (Figure 1). Access...the possession of Summit County, at which point it was offered up by the county to be incorporated back...Fluorite in Slate from the Bacco 424 Quarry, Iron County, Michigan Shawn M. Carlson 245 Jule Lake Road Crystal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DAVID M. SEAMAN Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts PART 1 — ELEMENTS, SULFIDES, SIMPLE OXIDES ...California; in the Petaca district of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; from the Harney Peak region of South...Reagan mining district, Kern range, White Pine County, Nevada. SULFUR, S, occurs very rarely in pegmatites...sulfide, has been found in the Ben Nevis ville, Union County, Georgia. It has been mine on San Augustin Peak...tains, New Mexico, with argentite in a Randolph County, Alabama; and from a sulfide zone near the center
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
eastern part of Massachusetts and which reach their most important development in the Quincy-Blue Hills area...particularly for that part of the map which lies in Massachusetts and in the vicinity of the Blackstone River...granite. He states that the limestone contained chalcopyrite, treinolite, asbestos, and actinolite. The origin...Diamond Hill, within a few hundred feet of the Massachusetts-Rhode Island line. The Cambrian “consists chiefly...Jackson: Op. clt. W. O. Crosby: Geology of Eastern Massachusetts, 1880, p. 128. Shaler: Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool
Journal (issue)
book filled with historical work involving Oxford County, describing and intertwining its minerals, miners...for Kennecott Corporation (now Rio Tinto) in Massachusetts as a full-fledged mineralogist. Figure 2 - A...polished section on the left shows a massive chalcopyrite sample with microscopic inclusions of gold and...consultant at Tark Geosciences, Billerica, Massachusetts. Beginning in 2000, and until his retirement...Radiogenic Research Laboratory at MIT, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, teaching many students the difficult art and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral in a few pegmatites at Atolia, San Bernardino County, California and also in pegmatites north of the...earth type of pegmatite as at Barringer Hill, Llano County, Texas where large masses weighing up to four hundred...rare mineral in the pegmatites of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. 34 FLUOCERITE, a fluoride of the cerium metals...mineral at St. Peter's Dome near Pike's Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. CRYOLITE, a fluoride of sodium and aluminum...pegmatites as at Conway, New Hampshire and Quincy, Massachusetts. Small rhombohedral crystals have been found
Report (issue)
Geology of Massachusetts E. Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedharn Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Avalonian... Stratigraphy of the Nashoba Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Enigmatic Terrane G. Stratigraphy of the...Belt, Central Massachusetts H. Structural and Metamorphic History of Eastern Massachusetts I. Intrusive...Intrusive Rocks of Eastern Massachusetts J. Radiometric Ages of Rocks in Massachusetts L.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-E-J The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor E. Stratigraphy
Report (volume)
Mississippian(?) or older age_____________________ Quincy Granite and granite porphyry._______________________...Radiometric ages of rocks in Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts.___-_____._-_-__._.__-__---__--__---_-- Page...of the East Greenwich Group. This group and the Quincy Granite of northern Rhode Island were exposed by... chiefly in quadrangles that are mostly in Massachusetts or Connecticut. Officers in the cooperating...In 1917 B. K. Emerson published "Geology of Massachusetts and Ehode Island," which includes a geological
Report (volume)
.............................................. Quincy granitic group...... ............................towns of Sutton, Northbridge, and Douglas, in Massachusetts, and extends southward across western Rhode...the Cambrian rocks is greatly interrupted in Massachusetts by broad areas of intruded granite, and farther...O., Contributions to the Geology of Eastern Massachusetts, 1880, pp. 127-128. PKE-CAMBRIAK KOCKS. V...Early Carboniferous or late pre-Carboniferous. Quincy group. Porphyritic granite. Granite porphyry. Riebeckite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in granite pegmatite as ga­ lena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, bismuthinite, pyrite, loellingite...observed. Sphalerite is less common, fallowed by chalcopyrite, molybdenite, and galena. Tetradymite, argentite...California; and three miles west of Buntingville, Lassen County in the same state. GALENA, lead sulfide, has been... Maine. At Conway, New Hampshire, and Quincy, Massachusetts, it has also been noted in pegmatite. A...in any pegmatite in which it has been found. CHALCOPYRITE, a copper-iron sul­ fide, is a fairly common
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Show (in Houghton) sponsored by the Copper County Rock and Mineral Club, and more are planned. Collecting...Caledonia, Mass, Knowlton, Champion No. 4, Baltic, Quincy No. 6, Minesota, National, Cliff, Phoenix, Central...barite crystals with phantoms found in Ontonagon County, and a third on pseudo-octahedral calcite found...Fossil Show, 8–10 August, in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Featured exhibitors will be Herb and Monika...already been done. CHALCOPYRITE UPDATE: The chalcopyrite from French Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania,
Report (volume)
See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE,
Catalog/List
enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...Fibrous; South Dakota Fasciculite Xis in schist; Massachusetts Hornblende Common Hornblende Xls, black, in...00 .60 XI, sections, varnished, in matrix, Massachusetts ......... :. ................ ....... 1 x l½"...sulfoferrite) l\lassive, iridescent, with chalcocite, chalcopyrite, etc.; Arizon a, Montana, etc....... ......... etc................ ...... .. . 2.00 .60 CHALCOPYRITE (cuprous sulfoferrite) .70 Massive, high grade
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Providence County, Rhade I s W at 3e&lehern, New Hampshire: near Watertown, Litchficld County, Connecticut;...inpoekets i n p W ai cbe Fallon quarry, Quincy, Massachusetts. Smaif anatase crystals are described from...quarry, Wrightsvilk, Yurk County; the Safe Harbor quarry, Lancavter County; the H. J. Smith quarry, where...the UniversaLAtias Cement Company quarry, Monroe County, where it occurs with tahular brown brookite. Historically...Historically, it has been fouud at Arvon, Buckinghatn County, Virginia. SmaH but excellent anatase crystals
Journal (issue)
6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia...Figure 7—Manganoan Calcite – Montreal Mine (Iron County, WI). Figure 3 (left) - “Wonderful World of Agates”...mineral specimens from the Montreal Mine (Iron County, Wisconsin). Most of the specimens came from the...An unusual specimen from the Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, Wisconsin) is a sheet copper (figure 6). One of...full color. $15- each or both for $25postpaid in USA Excalibur Mineral Corporation 1885 Seminole Trl—Ste
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Champion No. 3 mine at Painsdale, Houghton County, Michigan. Note the Champion No. 4 mine shaft house...3 cm in length. Originally labeled as “Houghton County, Michigan,” it is now believed to have originated...in April 1980, it was labeled “Copper, Houghton County, Michigan.” Marc Wilson joined the CMNH staff in...During the weathering of copper sulfides (such as chalcopyrite, CuFeS2, or chalcocite, Cu2S), the 65 Cu is...specimens collected from Michigan, along with chalcopyrite from Namibia, were each dissolved in 4 ml of
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Catalog/List
. . . . . . . . Fasciculite Xis in schist; Massachusetts Hornblende Common Hornblende Cleavable, black;... . . ........ . Xline, white, in dolomite; Massachusetts . .............. Hexagonite Purple :dine mass;...1.50 Xis, in matrix, ends of xis polished; Massachusetts .. ANDESINE (sodium and calcium aluminum silicate)...errite) Massive, iridescent, with chalcocite, chalcopyrite, etc.; Arizona, Montana, etc. . . . . . . ....:\'lasses with bornite and pyi-ite; Montana .75 CHALCOPYRITE (cuprous sulfoferrite) . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
... _.... ~_ ...... _.................. 107 Chalcopyrite .......................... _.............. _....................................... . 170 Massachusetts shaft. ............. . ................................ ,.......................... 226 West Quincy property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 South Quincy tunnels......................................................... , 94 A, Crescent fault; B, Massachusetts fault......................................
Journal (issue)
iners with a large mass of native copper in the Quincy mine ca. 1918. (Michigan Technological University...Hyde’s Old Reliable; an Illustrated History o f the Quincy Mining Company (1982), and Donald Chaput’s The...1 Figure 7. Miners ready to descend into the Quincy mine, ca. 1900. (MTU Archives) official usually...exploiting “fis­ sure deposits” in Keweenaw or Ontonagon County. Prime targets were large veins of solid copper...Keweenaw County; also important were the Minesota [sic] and National mines in Ontonagon County. The Cliff
Report (volume)
___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden)...the Blueberry Mountain pegmatite at Woburn, Massachusetts,are Devonian in age.7The famous Bedford pegmatite...A. L Genesis of mica pegmatite deposits, Latah County, Idaho: , Econ. Geology,vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 41-58... p. 315. 30Lovering, T. S., Magmatic chalcopyrite, Park County, Montana: Econ. Geology,vol 19, pp 636-640...Geology and mineral resources of eastern Cassia County, Idaho: Brill. Id.aho Bta. Mines ond.Geology,vol
 
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